Rod-suspender.



A G. V. TURGEON.

ROD SUSPENDER.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 12, 1908.

1,007,755, Patented 1\10v.7,1911.

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.GEORGE V. TURGEON, AUBURN, MAINE.

RODSU`SPENDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed May 12, 1908.

Patented Nov. 7, 1911.

Serial No. 432,453.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE V. TURGEON, a citizen of the United States,residing at Auburn, Androscoggin county, in the State of Maine, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Rod-Suspenders, of whichthe following is a specification.

This invention relates to an engaging device in which a releasablefrictional hold is secured on an article for the purpose of suspendingor otherwise handling it.

In devices of this sort it is desirable to have the engaging means holdthe article with a iirm grip and yet to be releasable with readiness andcertainty whenever it is wished to free the same from the holding means.In handling umbrellas which have become wet it is customary to standthem point down, in Vwhich position the water runs toward the center ofthe cover at the point through which the rod passes. This allows thewater to work into the connections between the cover and the rod andcauses rot and rust which soon destroy the tightness of the joint oreven render the umbrella useless through leakage at this place. Variousother devices, such as brooms, pen holders and many other and varieddevices having suitable shape or form, may be held or suspended bydevices involving my invention.

As illustrative of my invention I will set forth my holder as adapted toengage the rod or tip of an umbrella for the purpose of affording meansto releasably engage and hold the same for the purpose of suspending itpoint up, or in the position occupied when in use in which position thewater is shed from the rod downward toward the edge of the cover fromwhich it can drip and escape.

The structure and operation of my device will be more fully set forth inthe accompanying specification and drawing in which the embodiment shownand described is that of the umbrella hook application above mentioned.

Throughout the specification and drawing like letters of referenceindicate corresponding parts and in the drawings,

Figure l is a. side view of my device, partly applied to an umbrellatip, Fig. 2, a side view of the same, fully engaged, Fig. 3, a rear viewof. the parts as positioned in Fig. 2, Fig. 4, a view of the device fromthe hook end, and Fig. 5, an end view looking in the opposite directionto that taken in Fig. 4.

l is a spring shank having at one end a hoek 2 for affording engagementwith a hanger of any sort from which suspension is to be made. At theopposite end of the shank l is a rod encircling loop 3 made up 1n anyshape of one or more turns of the wire of the shank l and disposed at anobtuse angle thereto so that as the shank l is brought into parallelismwith the article to be gripped the loop 3 will be tilted and anincreasing gripping action secured.

4 is a catch bent up in the shank l above the loop 3 and opening in adirection opposite to the disposition of the loop 3 on the shank 1. Thiscatch is adapted to receive the rod indicated as 5, which is engagedwith the same by rocking the shank l into a position parallel with therod and giving it a partial swing to bring it around the rod.

The operation of the device is therefore as follows: The umbrella tip isfirst entered in the loop 3, as shown in Fig. l, then the shank issprung up and around until the catch 4 drops over the rod. In thisposition the loop 3 has been tilted from its first position which was atright angles with the axis of the rod to one at an obtuse angle theretowhereby the sides of the loop are brought to bear firmly against thesurface of the rod and through the resiliencv of the loop and the shankare made to exert a yielding gripping pressure thereon. Vhen in thisposition the hook 2 may be used to suspend the umbrella from anysuitable place to drain and dry.

To disengage the device the shank l is sprung up and the catch 4unhooked by a Swinging motion. The spring loop 3 is thus freed to assumea position at right angles to the axis of the rod in which position itwill slide freely thereon and be readily removed.

As heretofore stated this device may be used on all sorts of articlesand the articles may be adapted to all sorts of uses. The form andarrangement of the loop and catch may be varied and the device otherwisemodified within the scope of the claims without departing from thespirit of my invention.

What I, therefore, claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

l. In a device of the class described, a shank, a rod encircling loop atone side of said shank and disposed at an obtuse angle thereto, saidshank having aV recess formed therein on the other side thereof andopening in a direction opposite to the disposition of said loop, saidopening having a width substantially equal to the diameter of said loop,whereby a rod passed through said loop may be held under the tension ofthe loop within said socket.

2. In a device of the class described, a shank, a rod encircling loopdisposed thereon, said shank having an open recess substantially thevdiameter of said loop and opening in a direction opposite to thedisposition of said loop, said loop being yieldingly maintained atanangle to the plane of said recess. Y

3. -In a device of the class described, a spring shank, a rod encirclingloop at one end of said shank and disposed at an obtuse angle thereto,an open recess in said shank above said loop and faced in a directionopposite to the disposition thereof, whereby a rod passed through saidloop may be laid in said recess and be held in parallelism with saidshank against the angular tendency of said loop.

4. A supporting device of the class described, comprising a spring shankhaving a hook at one end, a rod encircling loop at the other end of saidshank and disposed at an obtuse angle thereto, said shank having an openrecess formed therein above said loop and faced in a direction oppositeto the disposition thereof, whereby a tip passed:

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